Edmund burke knapp



(No Model.)

- E. B. KNAPPQ WHIP. N0. 369,015. Patented Aug. 30, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDMUND BURKE KNAPP, OF SAN JAGINTO, CALIFORNIA.

WHIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,015, dated Augustso, 1887.

Application filed June 18, 1887. Serial No. 241,757. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND BURKE KNAPP, a citizen of the United States,residingat San J aeinto, in the county of San Diego and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Whips, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvementin whips; and it consists in theconstruction and arrangement of the parts of the same, whichwill be morefully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a 'whip'end to which the lashis adapted to be attached, and is given a swivel movement to prevent thesame from becoming twisted. I attain this object by the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters ofreference indicate similar parts in the several views, and in which--Figure l'is a perspective view of a portion of a whip with myimprovement applied in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is adetail view inperspective of the said whip end,on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal vertical section of the whip end.

The ring C and the loop D are adapted to be revolved around the socketB, the said ring 0 having three movements in the groove 1;.

The lash is secured to theloop D,and through the movement of the saidloop and the ring 0, to which it is attached, the said lash also isgiven movement, and prevented by said movement from becoming entangledwith the end of the whip or being twisted around the same, as will bereadily understood.

The novelty and utility of my improved whip beingobviously apparent andappreciable, it is unnecessary to further enlarge upon the same herein.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- 1. As an improved articleof manufacture, the hereindeseribed whip end,oonsisting of a sockethaving an annular groove formed therein, a ring adapted to have movementin said groove, and a rigid loop rigidly secured to the said ring andprojecting outwardly from the end of the said socket, substantially asdescribed.

' 2. The combination, with the whip-stock, of the socket ferrule B,having the annular groove 1) formed near the end thereof, the ring 0,mounted in said groove, and the rigid loop D, rigidly connected to saidring and having movement therewith, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in I presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND BURKE KNAPP. Witnesses:

G. H. FEAR, 0. A. MUNN.

